i was so overwhelmed on my first trip.it was candy overload!!there is an entire isle of moda marblesand what feels like endless isles of flat foldsthere are cotton/poly mixes for $2 a yard .. flannels.. knits... there is a lot for under $2 too!digging is a part of the fun.. you can't tell what things are from the ends so there is lots of pulling and digging!!the flat folds are the back half.. this is the front.isles and isles of fabric.. new current stuff...see... they even have the wide bolts, wovens, and pre-quilted...this is the checkout.. and more piles you can dig through...i told you.. it is like it never ends...i usually avoid putting pictures of me on here.. cause well you are here for the quilts.. and pics of me.. well.. but i decided to give in.. just to prove that its me in the top one.. circa early 2007...

so where is this place? in LA... we learned about "M&L" in a local joanns... from a local quilter.. i asked where was a good place to get fabric and she sent me here.. with a warning ..

it is not a quilt shop.they will not cut fat quarters.there are limited notions and barely any patterns.they don't know about quilting and can't help you.the staff isn't very nicethere is no website, or newslettershe said to lower your expectations on everything but the fabric.i almost didn't go!!

she was right.. it is not a quilt shop.. but its fabric heaven!as for the staff... they were not so bad on my last visit... but back in 2007... well.. ya know.

Yep, I go every few months to see what they have there - and am planning to go this weekend, strangely enough! The other thing to mention is that this place isn't exactly wheelchair friendly, those aisles of bolts are really close together!

Oh my goodness...tha place is awesome....I know how you felt, when I went to the big Island of Hawaii, they have this fabric store...oh my goodness....fabric as far as the eye can see...I would just run from one thing to the next....it amused my husband to say the least.

I *smile* just looking at the photos. We live about 30 miles away, and try to go every other month- we were there yesterday! It is definitely a happy place for a "material" girl. I so recognized the look in your eyes!! : } pokey

Wow! Last month I went to a store (more of a warehouse) called Fabric Depot. And I thought that was huge -- but it's nothing compared to your pictures. My daughter and I walked in and she immediately said that she was overwhelmed. We bought a little fabric and left, but I went back two days ago and bought spent almost $200 (mostly fabric, four large pillow forms, and one pattern). All the fabric was on sale at 35% off and everything else in the store was 25% off. I did exactly what you described -- just focus on the fabric and power through.

OMG!!! I so know this place. I refer to it as being in therapy whenever I get asked where i'm going or where i've been...hahaha I go in there about every other week. Way too close to me. They recently raised the price on their flat folds (the ones stacked on top of eachother) to $1.98 per yard. Soooo much material, Soooo little time =)

Here's my question - have you ever been able to find anything in the flat folds? Besides being completely overwhelmed, some of the fabric is not all that great. I'm never sure if it's worth the time to dig through those stacks.